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BooK

VIII.

Royal

Commentaries..

CH A P. V.

O[ the Conquefl of the

Province of

Carmari;

its

'R.iche!

and T'emple.

:;~

!:.

Vpac Yupanqui

marcbed to che Province

Cannari,

and in his way conquered ail

chat tralt of ground which is named

Falta,

from whence, and from che Iow

and warm Vallies, they carried unto

Co:{.co,

that pleafant Fruit which is called

11!ta;

che which Countrey, though che people thereof were fierce and warlike, yec the

Incar

eafily overcame, alluring them with fair words, and kind ufage and treatment

into a fubmiffion. The device, or·difünétion of this Nation, was a cerrain

littfo

Tablet ; which

foon ás a Child was born, they bouhd on his forehead, and anoi

ther on che nape of bis neck, which every day they bound harder and harder, kee~

ping it on untill he was three years of Age; by which time caking it off, it_ had

brought the head into a moíl: ugly and deformed fhape ; they always carried cheir

. Children at their backs;

thatwhen they faw an

lndian

wich a broader,and flac"

ter forehead thán was ufual, and che nape ofhis neck wide and _broad, they wou!d

in derifion call

him,Palta Vma,

Palta Pate.

And here che

Inca

having fettled

and eíl:ablifhed all things neceífary

for

che relígious and fecular Governrpent, he

prdceeded with his Army to the borders

o[Cannarú,from

whence he difpatched his

accuíl:omary Summons, chat eirher they fhould fubmit, and yield, or prepare for

,i\Tar. The[e offers of Peace being tendered, occaftoned fome debates arnongfr

the

Cannarians;

bue ar·lengtb, after variety ofopinions in che éa[e, it was generally,

and by che major pare agreed

fübmit, concluding themfelves unable

mc¡ke

repíl:ence, and thereupon full of joy and fefüval, chey wen~ to make tender ofth€it

fervice ~nd obedience to che

Inca;

after who[e example the

Curacas

caq¡~ in, and

with much readinefs paid their homage and ducy. The

Inca

received..

them

with

much commendation and praife, commanding chat füch Cloth~ and Vf;íl:ll)ents

íhould be given them, as were neceífary and q:mvenienc for .rhem; and.~tac fomé

courfe fhould be taken

iníl:ruét them in the Doétrine and Religious Woríhip of

che Sun,. and in tbat Polricical way of Governmenc by:Law_s

which was praétifed

che

Incas :

·For before this time the

Cannarians

adored·die Moon for dieir prin–

cipal God, and after chat Great Trees and Scone~j whi~h were rare, and not com–

mon, efpecially the

afpat ; bue having received che Doétrine of che Sun, rhere

Wa5

aTemple immediacely built, and dedi~a1ed

bim, and a;Houfe.ofSeleét:Vir–

gins, with many Palaces for che Kings. , They ereéted alío .Houfés

reeeive the

~pyal Stores, and tbe ~ommon Pro':Hi0ns of che people ; they f;nlarged alfo their

Ara:ble Grounds and Paíl:urage, they made Aqueduéts and Chanels co convey tbeir

wat,er;

fhort, they made the fame improvements in chis, as in all other Coun–

trfos which were fübdued by che/nea, and wich better fücceís, becau[e the goodnefs ·

ofche Soil was füch, as produced ali manner ofFruit in great apunda

nce; which

ch~

Cannarians

obferv~ng, were ~uch fatisfied with the change of their

condit-i.on

and

vaíl;ilage, proving ever afrerwards very good Subjeéts, wbich the

y tefüfied

their Loyalty in the t'ime

the _Civil Wars between

Huafaar

and

Atahualpa :

'Ihough afterwards, when the

Spaniárds

carne

ih;

one of the

Cttnnariaiis

fled over to

their fide, aftér whó[e example ali his Countreymen affeéted che

Spaniards,

áñd

9é–

ceíl:ed .che

Inca~, .

a$ we fhall hereafcer dedare in -i~s due place, it being the cuíl:ome

ofth.eWorld to cake pare with the íl:rongeft fide. The

Inca

Tupac: having reduced the

Cannarians

to his Dominion, rook e[p~cial tare to fatisfie and content che feveral

.People and Nations which were under ~hat-den(?mi

nation ; .1!.nd to

oblige them che

more, he refolved,to affiíl: by himfelf in

Perfon,:

ceachivg:an.d

iníl:niéting cheni

che P9étrine of bis Idolatry, and the

Laws.of

s Governmen

t; in the inculca7

tmg of

hich, he [pene much time and la

bour ;· fo

that ac length they remained v,:ell

eíl:ab)ifhed andfettled in peace and quieme~: Upon report of which, many_ o~her ' ·

Provmces, noc as yet fübdued, took füch ak.indneís co the Governmem ofthe

Inca,

thát